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September 2025

Canvas

https://go.ncdpi.gov/SepCDLE25

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Canvas

Rebecca Stokes

Rebecca.Stokes@dpi.nc.gov

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Canvas Topics

Welcome and Introductions
Usage Resources
Canvas Updates

New Features
Ignite AI

Webinars
Infinite Campus Resources
Q & A Time

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Introductions

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Introductions

Name
Role
PSU/School

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Usage Resources

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K12 Users Definitions

Contracted Users	Distinct Users	Users- Statistics Page	Active Users
Your contracted users is the number of unique users that can access Canvas during your contracted year.	Number of distinct users that have logged in during the last 12 full months.	In the Statistics Page in Canvas, users includes the total number of teachers, students, observers, designers, and TAs who have logged in during the last 30 days.	Users are “Active” if they have an enrollment in an active course and have logged in at least once in the given month.

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Canvas August 2025 Usage

August 2025 Distinct Users: 675,533

Usage Report

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New Features

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YouTube Content Overlay Feature 9/24

YouTube Player for Education in Canvas Studio!

�Deploy to Production: September 1

Studio Users will enjoy a more secure and distraction-free viewing experience.�

With Player for Education, YouTube videos in Studio will stream:

without distractions or recommendations, or links back to YouTube.
with viewers remaining anonymous to YouTube through a “signed-out” viewing state.
with captioning from YouTube to maintain accessibility.

YouTube videos directly in Canvas may begin displaying ads as of September 22.

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Canvas Apps

Monitor Tab - LTI App Usage

�Deploy to Production: June 21, 2025

What’s New

In Canvas Apps, a Monitor tab is available allowing Root Canvas Admins to see, filter, compare and understand which LTI apps are being used most.

Why It Matters�Simplifies workflows for admins, enhances access to security info, and improves overall accessibility. Allows educational institutions to easily view and analyze all LTI data, supporting more informed, data-driven decisions.

Note: Only data for the most commonly used LTI apps is surfaced for all Canvas Admins as part of this feature.

Resources Release Notes

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Feature Preview

Differentiation Tags

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What’s New

Instructors can use differentiation tags to assign specific content to customized sets of students. These sets are not visible to students. Admins can access tags through Canvas Data for reporting/analysis.

Why It Matters�Allows Instructors to organize students into custom groups based on learning needs, interests, or accommodations. Tags streamline assigning content, communicating, tracking accommodations, and filtering the gradebook—making personalized instruction easier and more discreet.

Resources Release Notes

Teacher!

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User Settings

Dyslexia Friendly Font

What’s New

When the Use Dyslexia Friendly Font feature option is enabled in User Settings, the Canvas interface and the Rich Content Editor display text using the OpenDyslexic font by default. If the feature is disabled, both OpenDyslexic and OpenDyslexic Mono are available as font options within the Rich Content Editor.

Why It Matters�Helps improve readability for users with dyslexia and supports a more inclusive learning experience.

Resources Release Notes

Teacher!

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Canvas Portfolio Part 1

Canvas Portfolio Part 2

What’s New

Canvas offers two types of portfolios to support both learner-driven and instructor-guided use cases: Showcase Portfolios and Evaluation Portfolios.

Showcase Portfolios help learners tell their own stories and highlight growth beyond the classroom.
Evaluation Portfolios allow instructors to support structured assessment and track learner progress over time.

Why It Matters�Enhances the portfolio experience with a more intuitive design and flexible tools. Instructors can assign structured, competency-based portfolios, while learners can showcase academic and co-curricular work —supporting meaningful assessment and real-world readiness.

Resources Release Notes

Teacher/Learner!

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New Quizzes

Detecting Multiple Sessions Permission

�Deploy to Production: July 30, 2025

What’s New

Admins and instructors can view multi-session data in New Quizzes when given the View multi-session information permission, available for both Course and Account-level roles.

Why It Matters�This update gives admins and instructors greater visibility into student activity across multiple quiz sessions, supporting improved monitoring, academic integrity, and troubleshooting in New Quizzes..

Resources Release Notes

Teacher